Bacteriological changes associated with granular activated carbon in a pilot water treatment plant

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 107, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 73-80

  El Zanfaly, Helmy Tawfik ^a   Reasoner, Donald J ^b   Geldreich, Edwin E ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Coliforms; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Heterotrophic bacteria (HPC); Water treatment

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; PILOT PLANTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATER FILTRATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC); HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLYMYXIN B;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; INCIDENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032192653     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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